Is Seagrove, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Seagrove has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Moore Co Public Utilities - West Moore.
Seagrove - Ulah Metro Water Dist, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Seagrove’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Seagrove - Ulah Metro Water Dist
North Carolina · serves 2,413 people · under 100 in Seagrove
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Moore Co Public Utilities - West Moore
North Carolina · serves 407 people · lists Seagrove among the places it serves
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 82.1 ppb, above the legal limit.
2 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Seagrove
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Seagrove, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Tri State Water Systems
Randleman, NC · about 18 miles
Certified for bacteria
Dentisafe, Inc.
Jamestown, NC · about 29 miles
Certified for bacteria
Scientific Analytical Institute
Greensboro, NC · about 30 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, asbestos
Which ZIP codes are in Seagrove: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health, certified drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Seagrove
Other towns in Randolph County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Seagrove - Ulah Metro Water Dist’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water